"An extraordinary insight into the war experiences of a very young man, and the relationship between a son and his mother, during the horrors of Galipoli and its aftermath ... Sapper Hubert Anthony was seventeen when he enlisted in...
World War, 1914-1918
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Author:ANTHONY, Hubert LawrenceSummary: -
Author:CATRAN, KenSummary:For seventeen-year-old Harry and his girlfriend Jessica, World War One is a crusade against the Hun. Harry enlists and is sent to Gallipoli, and Jessica leaves school and trains as a nurse. Their letters start out innocently but they...
- Author:Langston, LauraSummary:
Baba had made Lesia a promise: just remember the flower is not always open, but if your effort is true, your rewards will be sweet. Fifteen-year-old Lesia treasures those words as she and her family leave Baba in their Ukrainian...
- Author:Davis, WadeSummary:
Describes British climbers' attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s, discussing such topics as the role of imperial ambition in the expedition and the way in which the ascent reflected England's post-World War I...
- Author:Hebb, RossSummary:
What was the First World War really like for Maritimers overseas? This epistolary book, edited by historian Ross Hebb, contains the letters home of three Maritimers with distinct wartime experiences: a front-line soldier from Nova...
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Author:Little, JeanSummary:Twelve-year-old Fiona Macgregor receives a diary for her birthday and uses it to record the arrival of the Spanish Flu epidemic in Toronto in 1918 and the impact it has on her family. Includes factual historical information about the...
- Author:Snyder, CarrieSummary:
Aganetha Smart, a former Olympic athlete was famous in the 1920s, but now, at age 104, lives in a nursing home, alone and forgotten by history. When her quiet life is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of two young strangers, Aganetha...
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Author:Winegard, Timothy C.Summary:An analysis of the role of Canada's Aboriginal soldiers in the First World War.
- Author:Marti, SteveSummary:
For Home and Empire is the first book to compare voluntary wartime mobilization on the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand home fronts. Steve Marti shows that collective acts of patriotism strengthened communal bonds, while...
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Author:Pitsula, James M.Summary: -
Author:Chevallier, GabrielSummary:In 1915, Jean Dartemont heads off to the Great War, an eager conscript. Soon, however, the vaunted "war to end all wars" is just an unimaginable, unceasing slaughter. Wounded, Jean returns from the front to discover a world where no one...
- Author:Keelan, GeoffSummary:
During the First World War, Henri Bourassa - fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec - took centre stage in the national debates on Canada's participation in the war, its imperial ties to Britain, and...
- Author:LaHaye, Tim F.Summary:
While desperately seeking income as a photographer, Dylan Cooper befriends art gallery assistant Grace MacVicar. So well do the two get along that Dylan begins to harbor hopes for the future. But at the premier of his photographic...
- Author:Livesay, John Frederick BlighSummary:
A history of the Canadian war effort in the first World War.
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Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:A riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a "soldier's settlement" on Vancouver Island.
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Author:Simmonds, Alan G. V.Summary: - Author:Faulks, SebastianSummary:
A tale of love and war early this century. The protagonists are Stephen Wraysford, a British businessman, and Isabelle Azaire, a married Frenchwoman. They meet in 1910, she elopes with him, gives birth to his child, then remorse sends...
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Author:De Bernir̈es, LouisSummary:During the finals days of the Ottoman Empire, the young men of the village are instructed to battle the invading forces during the Great War and destroy the peace.
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Author:Gray, JohnSummary: - Author:MacLennan, HughSummary:
Penelope Wain believes that her lover, Neil Macrae, has been killed while serving overseas under her father. That he died apparently in disgrace does not alter her love for him, even though her father is insistent on his guilt. What...
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